Infinite loop in Apache Tika
Priority LOW 38CWE-835Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
A carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser in versions 1.8-1.19.1 of Apache Tika.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.06146 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven): 1.20Red Hat: 5 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Tika | Apache Tika 1.8-1.19.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven) | 1.8 to before 1.20 | 1.20 | Patch available | GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g |
- Apache Tika VendorApache Affected Apache Tika 1.8-1.19.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.8 to before 1.20 Fixed in 1.20 Patch available GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven) Fixed in 1.20 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Fuse 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17197
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g
References
Advisory 2
Other 6
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7c021a4ea2037e52e74628e17e8e0e2acab1f447160edc8be0eae6d3%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- [lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7c021a4ea2037e52e74628e17e8e0e2acab1f447160edc8be0eae6d3@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
More Apache Tika vulnerabilities
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- TI-2018-01236 From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-34694 Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-05850 Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13169 An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-07413 Resource allocation without limits in Apache Tika CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-17197 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-17197 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-17197 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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